Huecos

Having a well-constructed schedule, that is curated and individually customized, is essential. This is how one manages their time spent—the most valuable currency of all.

Running your life through schedule can be productive, fulfilling, and expected. But having your life run by a schedule can be demanding, imprisoning, and well, expected.

You become a pro at your respective schedule, leaving little room for the unanticipated. And like anything humans become too accustomed to, we begin to glide through it with ease: autopilot. Though a schedule can be extremely useful; it also has the ability to morph time. Getting sucked into a daily schedule can turn 3 into 30 before you pick your head up. And everything happening outside of the schedule become mere details in a repetitive plot.

This is why it is important to include gaps (huecos) in your schedule. Not to rest or pick up your phone; huecos that are meant to be filled with forever-changing events. Your hueco today could be the same as tomorrow, but once you are able to shift into autopilot, you should change the substance that fills your gap.

This constant change and movement is meant to be surprising and unpredictable. Since we are able to control and grow accustomed to so much in our lives, offering a spot in line for mystery is necessary and fundamental for growth and self-education.

To become a master of your schedule is to become a slave of the same. To offer difference in your life is to become different; the difference is growth; and the growth is never-ending.